Re: religion bashing?

From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Sun Oct 24 1999 - 09:35:32 MDT


In a message dated 10/23/1999 4:16:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
bryan.moss@dial.pipex.com writes:

> Spudboy100@aol.com also wrote:
>
> > Lets look to Transhumanism 'faith' that the technology
> > will come along and successfully preserve their
> > personalities through technical augmentation and later
> > 'mental uploading'.
>
> If I had faith in cryonics wouldn't I commit suicide?
>
> BM
If cryonics worked to our specifications and needs; it wouldn't be suicide at
all. It may even be the treatment of choice. The original argument might be
stated:
Does religion have a harmful impact on Extropian goals? The answer is; it
depends on which religion and what its take on science and technology is.



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